There was a time last month when Baron Davis must have felt a lot like Wally Pipp.
Davis signed a one-year contract with the New York Knicks in December, and the hope was that the two-time All-Star, who was recovering from back surgery, would eventually emerge as the Knicks' next great point guard -- or at least a more viable option than dead weights Mike Bibby and Toney Douglas.
But as Davis continued to rehab his back and inch closer and closer to his triumphant return, a little-known kid named Jeremy Lin -- an undrafted scrub from Harvard -- stepped in and showed that, well, he's a little more than an undrafted scrub from Harvard.
And as Linsanity unfolded over the next few weeks, gripping the hearts and consuming the minds of fans both in New York and around the world, Davis seemingly watched his perfect opportunity at a comeback for the ages evaporate before his eyes.
The story is not so different from that of Pipp, the New York Yankees first baseman who famously took a sea...

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